Maritime Madness

This week Year 5 went to the National Maritime Museum to learn more about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.  

What was the most interesting thing you learnt? What really shocked you? How did the exhibition make you think differently about enslavement?

Comic Chaos!

The wonderful comic creator Steve Marchant came into Year 5 Blue today to show us how to create a comic strip based around our topic Black Georgians.  

Year 5 Red are yet to have the privilege of working with Steve, so 5 Blue, what would your top tips for 5 Red be?

Slave Ship Sorrows

We have been learning about the famous Georgian, Olaudah Equiano. What do you know about his experience on a slave ship? What were the conditions like on board this vessel? How would you feel about being in such a place?

Black Georgian Research

We have been learning about the lives of black people during the Georgian era this term, and you have been asked to research the lives of particular black Georgians.  What questions did you have regarding their lives that led your research?

For instance, If I were researching Tom Molyneux, I might want to know: When did he start boxing? What did his father do? What kind of childhood did he have?

Budding journalists in Year 5

As part of our topic, Out Of Many, One School, we interviewed our parents to find out about our cultural heritage and the history of our families. We wanted to know what life was like for our parents when they were younger, who was their favourite author and what was their favourite story.  

Watch a selection of the videos below. What else would you have wanted to ask?

Fun with fables

This week we are rewriting a fable, but with a twist.  Instead of using the original characters, we have changed them to a suitable alternative. Which animals did you choose and why did you choose them?

Poor punctuation

This week during Guided Reading we will be attempting to correctly punctuate a piece of speech. 

Remember! 

Put every word that was spoken inside speech marks. 

Always use a capital letter for the beginning of each sentence inside the speech marks.

Separate the direct speech from the rest of the sentence - usually with a comma.

Use a new paragraph when another person is speaking. 

EG: "Miss Ffrench have you seen my favourite green pen?" asked Mrs Robinson. 

"You mean this one?" replied Miss Ffrench, waving a green pen in the air. "I've been using it for ages - it's such a good green pen." 

Can you rewrite this piece of speech in the comments with the correct punctuation? 

The ball was out explained Miss Seleem so Sylvester needs to go to the back of the line.  OK agreed Mr Right but I still think that Keylin should also be out for answering the referee back.  Let's give her one more chance decided Miss Seleem Your call replied Mr Right as he went back to watching the football match.